Research Committee Symposium“Sports and education: Corporal punishment in education and sport”Presentations1) “The concept of the body and system of education in Japan which tolerates corporal punishment”by Tetsuo NISHIYAMA (Kansai University)2) “Double bind over teaching sport”by Takashi OKUMURA (Rikkyo University)3) “Violence and the modern public education system: With a focus on bullying and corporal punishment”by Yoshimasa KANO (Kagawa University)Moderator: Atsuo SUGIMOTO (Kansai University)

“Politics and sports: The politics of the London Olympics”Presentations1) “The aims and background of the London Olympic policy of David Cameron’s coalition government”by Hiroyuki AONUMA (Musashino Art University)2) “The 2012 London Olympics and sport policy in the UK: The national strategy of local sports promotion”by Fumihiro KANEKO (Graduate student of the Hitotsubashi University)3) “Urban development and sports mega-events: By focusing on the London Olympics”by Hideki MATSUBAYASHI (Kanto Gakuen University)Commentator: Yasuhiro SAKAUE (Hitotsubashi University), Takayuki YAMASHITA (Ritsumeikan University)Moderator: Yuji ISHIZAKA (Kanto Gakuen University)

Student Members Forum Organized by Research Committee“Sports as a sorting device”SpeakerTakeshi HARAGUCHI (Researcher at Osaka City University Urban Research Plaza)Commentators: Shun UETA (Graduate student of the University of Tsukuba), Takashi YAMASAKI (Graduate student of the University of Tsukuba)Moderator: Futa SUZUKI (Graduate student of Hitotsubashi University)

Project of The Executive and International Exchange Committee 2:Lecture: “The Media and The Beijing Olympic Games” by Gong Wenxiang (Beijing University)

The Research Committee Project: “Sports, the Body and Nationalism”

Presentations: 1) “Sports and Nationalism: The Nature of the Problems-” by Satoshi Shimizu (Tsukuba University) 2) “The Logic and Emotion of Sport and the Media with Regard to Nationalism: The Audience and Spectacle of the National” by Kiyoshi Abe (Kwansei Gakuin University) 3) “Woman and Sports in Modern Japan: From “A Good Wife and A Wise Mother” to Maternal Feminism under Fascism-” by Keiko Ikeda (Yamaguchi University)Panelist : Toshihito Kayano (Tsuda College)Moderator : Hiroki Ogasawara (Kobe University)

17th Annual Conference, March 17-18, 2008

@Chukyo University

Symposium Planned by Conference Executive Committee: “The Changing Face of Japanese Professional Baseball”

Workshop Session 2: "Sport Culture and the Transformation of Modern Society"

Presentations: Jacques Defrance and Christian H. Pociello (University of Paris, Sud-Orsay, France), "Structure and Evolution of the Field of Sports in France (1960-1990): A 'functional,' historical and prospective analytical essay"

Janet C. Harris (University of North Carolina at Greensboro, U. S. A.), "American Engrossment with American Sports: Stability at the Center of an Athletic Vortex"

Atsuo Sugimoto (Kyoto University of Education, Japan), "Transformation of the Consumer Society and Sport Culture in Japan"